suspension systems

Word Origin & History

early 15c., "temporary halting or deprivation," from Latin suspensionem (nominative suspensio) "the act or state of hanging up, a vaulting," from past participle stem of suspendere "to hang" (see suspend).

Meaning "action of hanging by a support from above" is attested from 1540s. Suspension bridge first recorded 1821.

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